Screenplay: Clifford Odets
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Clifford Odets. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Sweet Smell of Success
1957 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Alexander Mackendrick
Cast Burt Lancaster · Tony Curtis · Susan Harrison · Martin Milner
Plot A columnist (Burt Lancaster) and a press agent (Tony Curtis) tear into the maelstrom of midtown Manhattan's night creatures in a sinister game that involves money, power and ultimately survival.
7.6
4K votes
7.6
4K votes
Clash by Night
1952 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Fritz Lang
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Paul Douglas · Robert Ryan · Marilyn Monroe
Plot Mae Doyle (Barbara Stanwyck) returns to the safe haven of her hometown, a small fishing community in Monterey, California. Upon her arrival, she is befriended by young woman (Marilyn Monroe)...
7.2
2K votes
7.2
2K votes
Humoresque
1946 · Movie · 125 min. · United States
Direction Jean Negulesco
Cast Joan Crawford · Oscar Levant · John Garfield · Joan Chandler
Plot Helen Wright, a neurotic society woman, sets her sights on ambitious young violinist Paul Boray, who returns her love, but is undeterred from his music. She becomes his patroness, helping...
7.0
526 votes
7.0
526 votes
The Country Girl
1954 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction George Seaton
Cast Bing Crosby · Grace Kelly · William Holden · Anthony Ross
Plot Washed up singer/actor Frank Elgin has a chance to make a come-back when director Bernie Dodd offers him the leading role in his new musical. Frank however is very insecure,...
6.7
701 votes
6.7
701 votes
Golden Boy
1939 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Rouben Mamoulian
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · William Holden · Adolphe Menjou · Lee J. Cobb
Plot Joe Bonaparte's father wants him to pursue his musical talent; but Joe wants to be a boxer. Persuading near-bankrupt manager Tom Moody to give him a chance, Joe quickly rises...
6.7
289 votes
6.7
289 votes
The Big Knife
1955 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Robert Aldrich
Cast Jack Palance · Ida Lupino · Wendell Corey · Jean Hagen
Plot Charles Castle is a successful Hollywood actor who has opted for screen success over art. He must make critical decisions regarding his career...
6.5
397 votes
6.5
397 votes
The Story on Page One
1959 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction Clifford Odets
Cast Rita Hayworth · Anthony Franciosa · Gig Young · Mildred Dunnock
Plot When Jo Morris' marriage turned sour and heartless, she found sympathy and companionship with widower Larry Ellis. After Jo's husband is accidentally killed in a struggle over a gun with...
6.2
76 votes
6.2
76 votes
From This Day Forward
1946 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction John Berry
Cast Joan Fontaine · Mark Stevens · Rosemary DeCamp · Harry Morgan
Plot In flashbacks, the 1938 courtship and marriage of young machinist Bill Cummings and bookstore clerk Susan are recalled: newlywed bliss, unemployment and other tribulations, opportunity with a hidden drawback, war...
6.1
109 votes
6.1
109 votes
The General Died at Dawn
1936 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Milestone
Cast Gary Cooper · Madeleine Carroll · William Frawley · Dudley Digges
Plot In revolution-torn China, American mercenary O'Hara is entrusted with a perilous mission, to get arms for the helpless authorities in a province ravaged by warlord General Yang. On the train...
6.1
213 votes
6.1
213 votes
Deadline at Dawn
1946 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Harold Clurman · William Cameron Menzies
Cast Susan Hayward · Paul Lukas · Bill Williams · Joseph Calleia
Plot A sailor on leave appears to have killed a woman. He has until dawn to find the real killer, aided by a weary dance hall girl.
6.0
88 votes
6.0
88 votes
None But the Lonely Heart
1944 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Clifford Odets
Cast Cary Grant · Ethel Barrymore · Barry Fitzgerald · June Duprez
Plot A sickly English woman runs a store by herself, while her irresponsible son travels aimlessly, refusing to contact her. When told that his mother has cancer, the young man comes...
5.8
243 votes
5.8
243 votes
Wild in the Country
1961 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction Philip Dunne
Cast Elvis Presley · Hope Lange · Tuesday Weld · Millie Perkins
Plot Elvis stars as Glenn Tyler, a southern boy from a rural, poverty-stricken background, who has just been released from juvenile hall.
4.8
160 votes
4.8
160 votes
The Richard Boone Show (TV Series)
1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boone · Robert Gist · Harry Morgan · Robert Butler
Cast Robert Blake · Lloyd Bochner · Richard Boone · Laura Devon
Plot TV Series (1963-1964). 1 seasons. 25 episodes. An anthology series starring Richard Boone as host and actor.
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American Playhouse (TV Series)
1982 · Series · 90 min. · United States
Direction Kirk Browning · Jack O'Brien · Bill Duke · Alan Bridges
Cast Robert Minkoff · Deanna Dunagan · Sada Thompson · Elizabeth Franz
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